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144. Adventures in Melnik
I hate to be a ‘Look at my holiday pictures’ bore, but that’s essentially what this post is. Just think yourself lucky I haven’t invited you round for a full-length slideshow accompanied by cheese and pineapple on cocktail sticks. That’s how we still do it in...
143. Courgettes. Walkies.
Freaking hell, it’s August. How did that happen? Here’s a not-so-brief rundown of what we’ve been up to lately. For those who are short on time, this post can be neatly summarised as follows: courgettes galore monastery fun death walk from hell For those who are...
142. Weeds, gore and sightseeing
My God, the weeds have been rampant this year. All that heavy rain, followed by scorching sun, followed by more rain, then sun, sun, sun… The veggies and flowers have loved it. But so have the weeds. We’ve got a ridiculous problem with bindweed in our garden, which...
141. Krushuna Falls and Devetashka Cave
I don’t know why we don’t get out more. Aside from nipping to the shops or market, popping round to see the neighbours or going for our sporadic Bulgarian lessons, sometimes weeks and weeks go by without us really going anywhere. Is it because we’re content...
140. So long, supermarket suckers
I love this time of year. Not because the weather is glorious and the garden looks better every week (although it is and it does). No, I love this time of year because every day we’re eating food from our garden. Even if it’s just a simple salad, the ability to nip...
139. June in the veg garden
After months of me moaning about the slow start to spring, June has been pretty lovely to us so far. I think we’ve had maybe one day of rain over the last two weeks, which feels like a miracle after that soggy, cold spring. Surprisingly, despite the traitorous...
138. Sun in Sozopol
If you're wondering why I've been quiet, it's because last week we pootled off to Sozopol for a little break with my family, and this week I've been generally readjusting to non-holiday life. Last week I was rolling out of bed and into the pool before eating a...
137. Soggy
From what I can gather from Facebook, emails, etc. it’s been glorious in the UK lately. Lucky old them. It’s still cold and rainy here and I’m getting really cheesed off with it. I mean, spring is usually quite wet and very stormy (which I love), so I don’t mind...
136. Flower power
I never thought I’d get into flowers. Not because I thought flowers were lame or anything – I just couldn’t imagine expending precious gardening time and energy on things I couldn’t stuff in my mouth. But, little by little, flowers have drawn me in. We started our...
135. Arctic spring, tomato fail and other fun
Hello! Yes, we’re still here and haven’t been swallowed by a sinkhole (literally my worst fear). We had friends come to stay, then we went back to the UK for a week, then I had lots of work to catch up on. That sentence pretty much sums up what’s been happening...
134. Return of the wonky polytunnel and a summer kitchen teaser
Lordy, where is April going? We’ve both been working such long days, there hasn’t been much time to update the blog. But here’s a brief whizz through what’s been occurring of late. We made the usual dyed eggs and hot cross buns for Easter Sunday....
133. Lovely things to do in Sofia
It’s no secret how much I love Sofia. Every time I see one of those ‘Top 10 cheap European city breaks’ articles that the Guardian publishes every other week, I always scan through thinking this time, surely this time, they’ll include Sofia. But they never...